Comes as no surprise to me...
The arguments put forward by amateur atheists insist on as literal a reading of scripture (no matter whose scripture they're denigrating) as the strictest fundamendalist's. They ignore two very important factors: (1) Most scripture is allegory; (2) Almost all scripture began as oral tradition in the deep past, and commonly incorporate more than one source.
In short: most adherents of all mainstream religions acknowledge the contradictions, and use them toward personal interpretation and integration of their private faith into a community of faithful.
You, on the other hand, would judge the most private thoughts of people you refuse to understand, based solely on your own uninformed perception of words in a book. Stupid IMO.
Off Topic » in reply to I think belief does imply lying if it fails to acknowledge contradictions.
Ah, yes: the Literalist Fallacy
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- Little Mosque on the Prairie
- re: Little Mosques Everywhere is what they aim for.
- re: Little Mosques Everywhere is what they aim for.
- I don't get the joke. Maybe you could explain it to me. (n/t)
- No, sorry. (n/t)
- You knew the question was a set-up, didn't you?
- Is their clever juxtaposition too easily interpreted as negative?
- Let me take a shot at it.
- I think their joke is more juvenile than you suggest.
- re: I think their joke is more juvenile than you suggest.
- THANK GOD WE dont start wars.... (n/t)
- All insult humor is name-calling.
- No, just read the news.
- Naturally. If one white man shoots someone, does that make white men murderers?
- If one white man shoots someone, it is usually for isolated and unique reasons.
- Ah. You must have missed Ireland (Christian on Christian) & the ethnic cleansing in Sarajevo (Christian on Muslim).
- Numbers
- Yes, let's talk about racial violence.
- Well, religion is as religion does, eh?
- Ah. You must have missed Ireland (Christian on Christian) & the ethnic cleansing in Sarajevo (Christian on Muslim).
- If one white man shoots someone, it is usually for isolated and unique reasons.
- Naturally. If one white man shoots someone, does that make white men murderers?
- No, just read the news.
- I also think religious-oriented tv programs have no place in an educated society
- I think their joke is more juvenile than you suggest.
- Let me take a shot at it.
- No, sorry. (n/t)
- I don't get the joke. Maybe you could explain it to me. (n/t)
- Were the prieviews really religious? The clip I heard on the radio was not. (n/t)
- re: Little Mosques Everywhere is what they aim for.
- re: Little Mosque on the Prairie
- I heard excerpts of this show on Fresh Air
- re: Little Mosques Everywhere is what they aim for.